Location
0.5 - 1 thumb width lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of the twelve thoracic vertebrae & five lumbar vertebrae in the clinical practice the points located 0.5 - 1 thumb width lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of the seven cervical vertebra are also used as additional huatuojiaji points.
Cautions
Avoid deep perpendicular needling; risk of pneumothorax.
Indications
Conditions for which XB02T12 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
TCM actions
What classical sources say XB02T12 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Protocols using XB02T12
- Fatigue, Fatigue Post-stroke – PC06, GV26, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20211104-0002 ↗)
- Labor Pain – LI04, BL32, PC06, XB02L1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190824-0001 ↗)
- Spasticity Lower Limb Post-stroke, Spastic Hemiplegia – LI14, LI15, BL36, GB30, XB02C2, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02C6, XB02C7, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02S1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20250715-k0001 ↗)
- Labor Pain – BL32, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (doi:10.1016/s0254-6272(15)30149-7 ↗)
- Labor Pain – LI04, BL32, PC06, XB02L1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (doi:10.2147/IJGM.S291699 ↗)
- Constipation – LI04, ST25, ST36, ST37, SP06, SP15, BL25, TB06, CV04, CV06, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Diarrhea – ST25, ST36, ST37, SP03, SP06, SP09, BL25, CV06, CV08, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Deadman, Al-Khafaji & Baker, A Manual of Acupuncture – point group actions)
- Diabetes – LU10, ST36, SP06, BL13, BL23, KD03, CV06, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Diabetes – ST36, SP06, BL20, BL23, GB34, CV03, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T11, XB02T12 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Back Pain, Ankylosing Spondylitis – ST36, SP06, BL11, BL17, BL20, BL23, CV06, GV14, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Back Pain, Ankylosing Spondylitis – BL11, GV06, GV07, GV08, GV09, GV10, GV11, GV14, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (Chen Jirui, Nissi Wang (eds). Acupuncture Case Histories from China. Seattle: Eastland Press, 1988)
- Schizophrenia, Hallucinations Auditory, Hallucinations Visual – XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L5, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T5, XB02T7 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Low Back Pain – ST25, ST36, ST41, SP06, SP09, BL40, BL60, KD03, GB30, GB31, LV03, CV04, CV06, GV20, XB02L1, XB02L2, XB02L3, XB02L4, XB02L5, XB02T1, XB02T10, XB02T11, XB02T12, XB02T2, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5, XB02T6, XB02T7, XB02T8, XB02T9 (Liu XH. Biomechanical changes of acupuncture treatment for lower back range of motion. MSc thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14783/11457)
Most often selected alongside XB02T12
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with XB02T12. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- XB02T11Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T1113 protocols
- XB02T10Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T1011 protocols
- XB02L1Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L110 protocols
- XB02L2Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L29 protocols
- XB02L3Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L39 protocols
- XB02L5Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L58 protocols
- XB02L4Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - L47 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection6 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles6 protocols
- XB02T5Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T56 protocols
- XB02T7Hua Tuo's Para-Vertebral Point - T76 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi5 protocols
